Heel of boots and shoes.



' W. J. LUXMOORE.

HEEL 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPITICA'HON man JULY 24, 1914.

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2 SHEETS-SHEET1- W. J. LUXMOURIL.

HEEL 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION mun m 24.1914.

a a a WILLIAM JOHN LUXMOORE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

HEEL OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

Application filed July 24, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM J OI-IN LUX- MOORE, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at London, England, have invented Improvements Relating to-the Heels of Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to heel pads of the kind consisting of rings or equivalent of :rubber or rubber composition shaped to fit and adapted to be sprung over;center pieces of suitable material fixed to the top lifts of the heels of boots and shoes, the object being to enable the heel pads to be easily attached and detached and the heel pads of a pair used alternatively upon the right or the left boot or shoe heel and the Wear of the pads thus more evenly disvtributed.

For this purpose, the ring-like heel pads ofa pair are made exactly alike and the external outline and the aperture in each of them, are symmetrical with respect to a central longitudinal plane, the aperture being preferably dovetailed or otherwise formed so as to engage the correspondingly shaped-center pieces fixed to the boot or shoe heels;

In-the accompanying illustrative drawings,

Figure 1 is an underside view of a de- Fig; 2 a l ngitudinal section showing the pad applied to a boot heel'by engagement with the center piece that is secured to the boot heel.

Fig. 3 is an underside view of the center piece;

Fig. 4 iso. similar view to Fig. 2 showing the center piece with pins engaging the ring like pad;

- Figs. 5 and6 are similar views to Figs. land 2 illustrating a modification;

Fig. 7 is a similar View to Fig. 1 illustrating another modification.

Fig. 8 illustrates an underside view of a heel pad which is not formed as a complete ring of rubber, but has its rubber sides connected at the front by a wire f, or wires, so as to form a complete ring.

As will be seen the external outline of the rubber pad (1 and its aperture 6 are symmetrical with respect to a central Ion itudinal plane a, the front margin of the aperture being at right angles to the said plane, the sidemargins parallel and the rear margin Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 191$.

Serial No. 852,821.

constituted by surfaces converging upon said plane at equal angles thereto. The

marginal surfaces of the aperture 1) aredovetailed as are also the corresponding parts of the center piece 6! which is nailed to the heel, or may be screwed or otherwise secured thereto or made in one therewith. In some cases pins may project from the front and rear faces of the center piece as shown in Fig. 4.

The heel pads can be easily attached or detached by springing the rubber over the center pieces, the ins referred to, if these be provided, entering therubber when the pads are sprung over the center pieces and. still further securing the pads against accidental detachment. It will be observed that the normal diameter of the aperture 1) is less than that of the projection 03, so that in attaching the pad it is necessary to stretch it slightly to attach it over the projection 05 and so that also when the pad is attached the tendency to contract will hold it securely in the wedge-like recess formed by the bottom of the heel and the undercut edge of the projection (Z.

' in the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 accidental detachment is obviated by providing across the angles, of the aperture Z) thin webs e which-take into recesses at the corners of the center piece d, between it and the face of the heel. In some cases these webs may be extended around the aperture as indicated by dotted lines.

In Fig. 7 the rear wall of the aperture'is curved instead of being angular but as the aperture is still symnietrical with regard to the central longitudinal plane the heel pads can be changed over from'the one boot to the other.

This is also the case with the arrangement shown in Fig. 8 in which the wire 7" takes into a recess or groove in the front portion of the center piece.

As will be understood, the shape of the heel pad ring shown is capable of modification so long as it is such that it can be fitted to either heel of a pair of boots or shoes so as to be fixed in relation thereto.

What I claim is 1. The combination of a heel provided with a projection on its wearing face, this projection being undercut around its ed e and provided with recesses, and a ring-1i e pad of elastic material provided with an aperture shaped to fit the said projection and m /"21g symmetrical with jlCfi-iwjfmfl M $1 .16 iml longitudinal plane, the fur Hurts provided wi'izh WQbS I 1 5a and. he nm'mai rlizmmiivi' aperture being 1295s than than; 0f iarw.

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webs to engage 1n Saul recesSes, and 1 mm chnmei er of aperture bemg .LG New Court, Lincolns Inn, Orland, this fifteenth day of July,

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